October 2011, 2012, 2013 – Workshop 1: “Grants and fellowships for studying in and researching on Europe” – One day workshop for students, faculty, and researchers on obtaining grants and fellowships for research on/in Europe.
Target Audience: Entire university community as well as the researchers, faculty, and students from our regional partner universities and colleges in Austin and Central Texas.
Fulfillment of Objectives for Workshop 1:
Information, Dissemination and Measurable Criteria Aspect:
The Center will conduct a university-wide information campaign to maximize attendance at this event.
We will measure the success of our workshop both in terms of numbers of attendance and in terms of satisfaction, measured by a survey voluntarily completed by those attending.
Our external evaluator, CTL, will oversee the measurement and evaluation process to determine the efficacy of these workshops and suggest how to improve on them through continuous monitoring and adaptation.
Objective 1:
These annual workshops will increase the numbers of doctoral students who focus their dissertation research on EU and EU-US relations by opening up new research grant avenues.
The workshops should also increase the number of faculty conducting research on EU issues.
Objective 2:
The Center will make sure that participation from regional partner universities and colleges is high by advertising the workshop event year round.
Objective 3:
The workshops will “encourage greater synergies with other programs sponsored by the European Commission, including the Jean Monnet Action and other elements of Erasmus Mundus, and the EU-US Higher Education and Vocational Training Agreement.”
Objective 4:
By stressing external funding opportunities, the workshops will also foster networking and coordination with other EU Centers of Excellence
